As the time flashed up on the Icahn Stadium scoreboard all you could hear was the word ‘wow’ repeated multiple times by Benjamin Cardozo coach Gail Emannual in the stands.

“All I have to say is ‘Oh my god,’’’ Emmanuel said. “She reminded me of Marion Jones. It was super.”

The “she” Emmanuel is referring to is sophomore Chamique Francis and her personal best time of 11:46 to win the 100 meter dash at the PSAL city championships Sunday has the coach ecstatic.

Francis, known more as a 200 and 400 meter runner is begining to shine in the short sprints of late. Francis came in as the state leader in an event she used to just run for speed training and to score points. Francis was hoping to run sub-11:40.

“I never took it serious. I always thought I wasn’t fast enough so why try,” a proud Francis said.

She also won the 400 and the high jump with a leap of 15 feet 2 inches, in what is becoming a common triple. It is almost as routine as the Judges winning city titles. Cardozo blew away the competition with 107 points to win its third straight girls outdoor title. Second-place Medgar Evers collected 60 points and third-place DeWitt Clinton had 56.

“We were nervous if we were going to win or not because we know Medgar has a lot of girls,” junior Ahtyana Johnson said. “So we thought it was going to be close. We were smart. We put everyone in the right races so we would come out with a nice clean win.”

Francis was first in the 400 with a time of 54.44 and the high jump with a leap of 5 feet 2 inches. Johnson was second in the 400 in 55:27 and in the 200 with a time of 24.14 behind Columbus’ Whitney Fountain, who won in a time of 23.60.

Cardozo freshman Sabrina Southerland was first in the 1500 in 4:52.82 and second in the 800 in 2:16.65 behind Bayside’s Alaine Tate. Alexis Panisse was third in 5:03.95 and also finished second in the 3000 in 10:58.82 to show off the Judges’ growing depth.

“There is a big freshman orientation next week,” Emmanuel said. “We are going to bum rush them. That’s where we got Sabrina. That is where we got Panise, out of the hallway.”

Carodozo’s gutsiest performance came from sophomore Lateisha Philson. She was expected to place second behind Fountain in the 400 hurdles, but suffered severe cramping in her left hamstring and placed 14th. Despite loosening up the hamstring it was again tweaked following the 100 hurdles trials, but it felt the best in the final. Philson ripped off a time of 13.92, her best time of the season. Johnson, Southerland, Philson and Ugonna Okpala were also part of a third place 4x 400 relay.

“It was [hurting] a little bit, but I knew I wanted to run 13 just now,” Philson aid. “I’m a little hurt from running that 13, but it’s OK because I ran 13.”

Medgar Evers’ 4 x 400 team of Nyanka Moise. Kadecia Baird, Julissa Lecky and Rachel Leeke won in a time of 3:43.14. Leeke was also the anchor leg on the winning 4 x 100 squad and Moise placed third in the 400 in 46.48. Camille Edwards was second in the long jump (18-05.75) behind Springfield Gardens’ Veronica Henry (18-10.75). Clinton’s Brittany Broomfield won the the shot put with a toss of 38-10 and the discus in 97-07.

Still that wasn’t much of a match for the juggernaut Judges.

“We are going to keep getting stronger and stronger,” Johnson said. “And we are all coming back next year.”